After Lucy was born, I was able to be out of work for awhile on maternity leave and family medical leave because of my insurance through my job at Journeys. I had sixteen weeks. Sixteen weeks that when they were…
Life Before Lucy
Before Lucy was born, Shaun was a full-time, professional musician. He played lead guitar for a band called Sidewalk Prophets. The band toured a ton, so this meant a whole lot of time away from home. The few times that…
Five Months
Today, Lucy would be five months old if she was here with us. Five….months…. I miss Lucy every single day, but the 28th of every month is really hard. When our oldest was a baby, we took photos of them…
Things That Helped Us
I want to share some things that we found to be really helpful throughout the process of bereavement. God. We truly felt like God held us through all of this, and he’s still holding us. We felt his grace and…
Grief To Me
Riding the waves of grief is crazy and hard. Our oldest brings me so much joy. Each moment that I get to spend with them is a gift, and I am so thankful for them. I have a lot of…
Going Back to Church
Several weeks went by after we lost Lucy before we made it back to a Sunday service at our church. In my previous post, I talked about why I withdrew for a period of time. In the earliest part of…
